Chesapeake Bay Tour de Cure Kickoff

WHAT: Kickoff event for Maryland Tour de Cure, a bicycling event across Maryland’s Eastern Shore to raise funds for diabetes research. More than 1,000 riders are expected to participate in the event in May.

WHEN: March 20, 2013 at 5-7 pm

WHERE: Brasserie Brightwell, Easton

WHY: Diabetes is an epidemic nationally and in Maryland, where the prevalence of diabetes exceeds the national average. 7.5 percent of white Marylanders and 12.4 percent of black Marylanders have diabetes. Diabetes is the second-costliest… Show more chronic disease in Maryland, costing more than $4 billion a year.

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